Bug 2081227 (CVE-2022-26491)

Summary:	CVE-2022-26491 pidgin: MITM attack possible on non-DNSSEC XMPP connections
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	debarshir, jskarvad, stu
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	pidgin 2.14.9	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Pidgin. This issue allows the performance of a man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) against a client via DNS spoofing if the XMPP connections are not using the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-09-28 14:02:09 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
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Bug Depends On:	2081228, 2082665
Bug Blocks:	2081229

Description Marian Rehak 2022-05-03 06:39:20 UTC

It was discovered that in pidgin before 2.14.9 if not using DNSSEC it is trivial to perform a man in the middle attack a client via DNS spoofing.

Reference:

https://pidgin.im/about/security/advisories/cve-2022-26491/

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-05-03 06:39:35 UTC

Created pidgin tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2081228]